Education
Van der Does de Willebois studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where she took painting lessons from Richard Roland Holst.
Van der Does de Willebois studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where she took painting lessons from Richard Roland Holst.
She moved with him to the Canary Islands. They had two children together, January van Stolk, who later became a ceramist, and Romualda Bogaerts, who would become a sculptor. In 1925 the family moved to Italy, where it settled in Vietri sul Mare.
Van der Does purchased a local factory in maiolica.
Van der Does abolished the company in 1928, and moved with the children to the Netherlands. Lerma became the director of "Ceramica Icara" on Rhodes.
They specialized in decorated dishes with fish, birds and plants. Van der Does also made some sculptures of female figures.
Van der Does was a member of the Association for Craft and Art and Craft of Painting and drawing society Kunstliefde in Utrecht.